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Dev Reveals Secrets Behind New "3D" Platformer for the ZX Spectrum
'Cubix' launched earlier this month as part of YRGB 2025
As a result, we've recently seen a large increase in the number of homebrew releases for the classic machine, with exciting titles like Manu & Kit's Asymmetry and Miguelito's Escape from the Twilight Castle, becoming available to play and download for free. We're talking, of course, about Cubix — the new ZX Spectrum game from the homebrew developer Gogin — which its creator is boldly calling "the first-ever 3D platformer" for the popular '80s computer, due to its impressive Fez-like "rotating" levels. According to Gogin, while he wanted to start the project there and then, it took him a couple more years after the initial bolt of inspiration to think of an original concept that would be a good fit for this kind of mechanic.
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